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Ancker JS, Carpenter KM, Greene P, et al. Peer-to-peer communication, cancer prevention, and the internet. J Health Commun. 2009;14:38-46doi: 10.1080/10810730902806760.
Ancker, J. S., Carpenter, K. M., Greene, P., Hoffman, R., Kukafka, R., Marlow, L. A., Prigerson, H. G., & Quillin, J. M. (2009). Peer-to-peer communication, cancer prevention, and the internet. Journal of health communication, 1438-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730902806760
Ancker, Jessica S, et al. "Peer-to-peer communication, cancer prevention, and the internet." Journal of health communication vol. 14 (2009): 38-46. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730902806760
Ancker JS, Carpenter KM, Greene P, Hoffman R, Kukafka R, Marlow LA, Prigerson HG, Quillin JM. Peer-to-peer communication, cancer prevention, and the internet. J Health Commun. 2009;14:38-46. doi: 10.1080/10810730902806760. PMID: 19449267; PMCID: PMC3645318.
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J Health Commun. 2009;14:38-46. doi: 10.1080/10810730902806760.

Peer-to-peer communication, cancer prevention, and the internet.

Journal of health communication

Jessica S Ancker, Kristen M Carpenter, Paul Greene, Randi Hoffman, Rita Kukafka, Laura A V Marlow, Holly G Prigerson, John M Quillin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 West 168th St., VC5, New York, NY 10032, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19449267 PMCID: PMC3645318 DOI: 10.1080/10810730902806760

Abstract

Online communication among patients and consumers through support groups, discussion boards, and knowledge resources is becoming more common. In this article, the summary of a workgroup discussion, we discuss key methods through which such web-based peer-to-peer communication may affect health promotion and disease prevention behavior (exchanges of information, emotional and instrumental support, and establishment of group norms and models). We also discuss several theoretical models for studying online peer communication, including social theory, health communication models, and health behavior models. Although online peer communication about health and disease is very common, research evaluating effects on health behaviors, mediators, and outcomes is still relatively sparse. We suggest that future research in this field should include formative evaluation and studies of effects on mediators of behavior change, behaviors, and outcomes. It also will be important to examine spontaneously emerging peer communication efforts to see how they can be integrated with theory-based efforts initiated by researchers.

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